autocrate
\ɔ.tɔ.kʁat\
The verdict
“autocrate” is an uncommon French word, ranked #57,093 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #57,093
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celui, celle dont la puissance ne relève d’aucune autre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | autocrate |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.tɔ.kʁat\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,093 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “autocrate” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for autocrate is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔ.tɔ.kʁat\. Corpus data places it at rank #57,093 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for autocrate in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is autocrate, spelled A-U-T-O-C-R-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Celui, celle dont la puissance ne relève d’aucune autre.
- 2Titre que l’on donnait au tsar ou empereur de Russie, ou à la tsarine, quand c’était une femme qui régnait.
- 3Personnage qui veut imposer sa volonté à tout le monde.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “autocrate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-U-T-O-C-R-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɔ.tɔ.kʁat\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.